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Preventing mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV
Author(s) -
Mnyani CN,
McIntyre JA
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02312.x
Subject(s) - antiretroviral therapy , medicine , regimen , transmission (telecommunications) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , antiretroviral agents , pediatrics , limited resources , antiretroviral treatment , immunology , viral load , surgery , biology , risk analysis (engineering) , electrical engineering , genetics , engineering
HIV transmission from mother‐to‐child remains a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality in resource‐poor settings. There is consensus that women who need antiretroviral treatment should receive this during pregnancy and beyond, and that an appropriate antiretroviral prophylactic regimen should be given to those who do not yet need ongoing therapy. Infant feeding remains a major source of infection and new antiretroviral strategies, for mothers or children, are emerging with the potential to control this. Access to HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment or prophylaxis remain very limited in low resource settings and needs to be expanded.